The Kalkadoons, A Study of an Aboriginal Tribe on the Queensland Frontier

Description

Deals with the Aboriginal Kalkadoon (or Kalkatugu) tribe of the Mount Isa area of northern Queensland; the White settlement of the area in the mid nineteenth century; and the tribe's defeat at Battle Mountain in 1884. This book is a useful adjunct to existing texts on Aboriginal history. By focusing on one particular Australian Aboriginal tribe, the Kalkadoons, it has been possible to isolate the various and complex factors that led to their total dispossession. Information on Kalkadoon tribe at contact including social organisation, material culture and life-style; detailed account of resistance to white occupation of their lands and the violent reprisals that followed; the role of native troopers; recent history of survivors; appendix F gives data on Kalkadoon language. Source: Publisher